Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26
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(Contiaued from First Pdge.)

opinion that no existing duties should be
modified or changed.
Mr.. Morgan apprehended that the OBJ
| jeCt of the resolution was to forestall the
! President and State Department. He
| supposed that there were Senators, par
! ticulariy the Senator from Vermont, Sem
ator Morrill,, who would deny the consii-
tutionsl power of the President to
negotiate treaty of reciprocity
which would involve change
of duties. The Senator from
Vermont frequently announced that doc
trine. He (Mr. Morgan did not fully
concur in that view. but the subject
was 8 very grave one. He was not
! prepared at this time to
vote that treaty of re-
ciprocity between the United States aud
Canada would not be beneficial to both
countries. He objected besides that the
Senate had no right either as q legislative
body or a separate body to inter-
fere in advance with the negotiations.
The constitutional right of conducting
them belonged to the President, not tc the
! Senate, and any such interference by the
! Senate would be unwarranted. The
constitution did not even hint at any such
power as belonging to the Senate.
| Mr.. Morrill,, chairman OF the finance
committee, denied the power of the
President, even with the aid of the Sem
ate, to negotiate reciprocity treaty. If
it could be done with one nation it could
be done with all, and thereby the power
of the House of Representatives on tariff
matters would be usurped.
| Mr.. HOar said there were good many
persons who supposed the existing diff
culties with Canada were occasioned by
desire on the part of Americans to intrude
themselves in Canadian waters tor
the purpose of obtaining fish.
There was no such desire. The difficult
ties were created for the purpose of COM
pelliDg the opening of the United States
markets to Canadian fishermen. Within
| the last few days there had been al ,lec-
ton in Canada which had resulted in sup
port Of the Premier, Sir John Macdonald,
and the Premier had declared in q speech
made since the election that its sgnii
canoe was declaration of confidence IN
his policy, and that his policy was to
compel the United States to open 10 her
markets, and that the result would
be accomplished. He did not believe
there was single Senator On either side
OF the chamber, whether he be for free
trade or for protection, who would not
indignantly spurn the motion that
the United States would change,
alter, repeal or modify in any
way by hairsbreadth its domestic legis-
lation on the subject Of duties on imports
as means of settling the controversy
growing out Of such threat, or
as means Of buying peace for Ameri
can fishermen or respect for the
American flag in foreign waters. He felt
entirely justified in asking the authorities
OF Great Britain and of Canada who
took heed of declarations made on this
subject in the Senate of the United
States to take it for granted it
was absolutely impossible for any sane
or sensible man to expect that there
was to be any change or moditica-
ton of duties on imports as re-
suit of the present difficulties or as
result OF any negotiations to com
promise them. He had no doubt
that when that was understood Canada
would treat American fishermen hospi-
tably and courteOusly, and in accordance
with the law Of nations and the rules OF
conduct for civilized men. That was
the object of his resolution, simply to
say that at this time and under the
present circumstances the Senate of the
United States would never give its advice
or assent to any change whatever in the
domestic relations of the United States
on the subject of duties on imports He
had no objection to the reference of the
resolution to the finance committee. The
resolution was so referred.
THE TEXAs INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-JOhn II. Rob-
erts was sworn and examined by the
Texas investigating committee this morn
ing He described the condition of af-
fairs in Washington county previous to
the formation of the peoples ticket. Not
a single Republican had held a money of
flee in the county since the war who had
not been accused of stealing the public
money. The witness is voter at Grab
all After the killing of Bolton on cleo
ton day last November there was
great excitement. GA Sunday the
negroes collected at Baptist
church two miles from Graball
and were so much excited over the arrest
of their fellows accused of the killing,
that they would not go into the church,
but remained outside caucussing among
themselves. They made threats that if
the arrested negroes were not released
within certain time they would unite to
massacre the whites. The whites in the
neighborhood were outnumbered about
six to one by the blacks and were COM
pletely at their mercy. The whites held
meeting and telegraphed to the Sheriff
at Brennan to come with fifty men. The
Sheriff came with seventeen or eighteen
men. The whites armed and organized,
rode out 10 meet the Sheriff, and after s
consultation they rode home.
On cross examination, Roberts said the
general reputation of Hackworth, Moore
and SchUetZe, memorislists, was IS bad as
it could be; that they got the negroes to
gether at night in FOWL meetings." as
they were called, and delivered infam-
matory speeches to them. He said
the meetings were held late at
night after good people had gone
to bed; that the Democratic citizens in
the county, the farmers, went to bed
usually about 3 p. H., like good, honest
men. "The Republicans" he said, "did
not go to bed at all during the political
campaign"
Hugh NJ. Lewis, white, Democrat,
county clerk Of Washington county for
the last ten yeas, testified to the disssi-
istsCtion Of the people of the county with
PeDubIirqn administration He snac